Improved washing- and wring-ing-machine



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JOI-IN PINIER,` 0F ST; LOUISMISSOURI.

Latas Patent No. 89,166, zaad 11pm 2o, 1869.

IMPROVED WASHING AND WRINGINGMACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of 'the same.4

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J ORN PINTER, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Tashing and wringing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the'following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of thisinveution is in the peculiar construction and' arrangement of the devices for givinga longitudinal vibration to the washing-rollers, and in the speciic arrangement of the apron, conveyer, compresser, and wringer-devic'es, all of which hereinafter more fully appears.

To enable those skilled herein to make and use my said invention, I will now fully describe the same, referring to the accompanying- Figure 1, as a plan of my said improved machine;

Figure 2, as a side elevation;

Figure 3, a central longitudinal sectional elevation; and

Figures 4 and 5 are detail figures, hereafter more fully referred to and described.

. I construct the operating-devices of my said machine to be supported in proper frame-work A, usually of wood or cast-iron, the same being placed within a closed tub, or vessel, A', arranged to hold water or other washing-fluid.

'lhe fluid in the tub A will usually stand to the level indicated by the line x y of iig. 3, so that the stuffs to be washed may be properly immersed.

Said stuffs will be fed to the washing and scrubbingrollers through a feed-slot, a, in the end of the vessel A', upon the feed-board a.

From this feed-board, said stuffs pass to the rollers B B, .to be thoroughly scrubbed and washed, as now to be described,

Of said rollers B B', the lower one, B, will be supported byv its journals, b, directly in the frame A by pro er bearings.

ne of said journals will extend out to receive the gear-wheel O, which, by other wheels, is connected with the driving, or power-shaft, and is thereby turned, thus turning said roller B. On said roller B, and in engagement therewith, rests the roller B.

Both of said rollers B B are formed of sen'es of corrugated slats b, well fastened, by bands or. similar means, to a central shaft or body. Said slats form spurs, or radial projections, and the rollers overlie. each other, so that the spur-slats thereof engage upon each other. similar to the teeth of ordinary gear-wheels.

The slats b are formed with segmental or rounded surfaces, as indicated, in transverse section, in fig. 3, and the segmental. surfaces moreover, have corrugations b2 running longitudinally along the slats, as indicated in plan, iig. l. A

By the engagement of the rollers, as aforesaid, the roller B, in revolving, also turns the roller B', and stuff fed between them is drawn through, being compressed and scrubbed in its passage. In order that said scrubhing-action may be the more perfect, I arrange the roller B for a lateral reciprocating motion in the manner following:

By connection from the main power-shaft, I rotate the gear-wheel C' on the shaft c.

Said shaft carries, at its end, the drum c.

On said wheel C is the pin d, operating the connecting-rod d'.

This operates the pin dl, hinged, by the forked lever cl, to the rock-shaft di, said shaft having journal-bearings in the frame A.

On said shaft d4, I secure the tappet d In exact counterparts, I arrange, in connection with the drum c', and operated by the same, the pin e, connecting-rod el, pin e2, forked lever el, and rock-shaft 6*, and tappet e5, the same being on the other side of the main frame A. All said parts are more plainly shown in detail, iig. 5 in plan. l

In order that said parts may operate the roller B', I arrange, at the ends thereof, the sleeve j, through which the" bolt f l passes, so that the roller B and its sleeve may freely turn thereon.

At the rear of said bolt f1, a nut, f, prevents lateral disengagement, and, at the forward end, the bolt fI connects, by a hinge-joint, with hinged lever f2, hinged at fsfand pivoted in the main frame A at fi.

At its forward end, said lever f 2 has the tappet-end f5. Therefore, in the pendulous motion of the tappets d5 and e5, before referred to, the tappets f5 will be moved laterally, thus also imparting the desired reciprocal motion to the roller B', as heretofore stated.

By the hinged connection of the lever y"2 with Athe main frame A at f 4, the roller B may rise vertically, or radially, olf from the lower roller, B, and thus a great or small quantity of cloth or stuff may be fed between said rollers.

Under the said washing-rollers, and slightly beyond the same, I arrange the carrying-belt G, passing around the rollers g and f2, which are jourualled in the frame A. Said belt, being continuous, is driven 'as an ordinary power-belt by the roller g, the journal whereof extends beyond the frame A, and has the gear-wheel Din proper engagement with such intermediate wheels as secure a transmission of power and motion from the main power-source.

Over said belt, I arrange the conveyer H, the same being formed of a chain, with straight links h, hinged together.

Alternate links extend out so as to include between them the hasps h on the driving-roller Hl;

The journal hereof extends beyond the frame A, and has a gear-wheel, E, for transmission of power from the power-source.

At the lower end of said conveyer, a roller, H2, limits the traverse of said conveyer, as indicated in iig. 3.

On the longer links, h, I arrange, by proper standardsupports, the rollers h2, turning freely on their journals in said standards.

By the arrangement of said conveyer and its rollers above the belt G, the clothes, as they are carried upon the belt, are compressed and scoured by said rollers, besides being held to such contact with the running belt as will insure the upward transmission.

In order, however, that the belt G may not slacken, and to make the pressure of the rollers ofthe conveyer more effective, I arrange the compresser roller frame I, carrying rollers Q3, which turn freely on their journals.

Said frame I has a slotted guide, i, in which a proper set-screw, i2, secures the frame I to the main frame A.

The spr-ings ii rest against the under edges of the frame I, and abut centrally against the block Ii" on the frame A. Thus the roller-frame I and its rollers i are pressed against the belt G, and proper 'pressure is in sured against the cloth as it passes. By adj ustingthe frame I by its guide the pressure thus given may be regulated.

It is plain that the conveyer-rollers hz on the one side, and the rollers fi on the lower side, ,act not only to scrub and cleanse, but also to wring out moisture from the cloths as they pass up, and thus prepare the same for receival at the wringer K.

Said wringer has two rubber or similar elastic rollers, K K2, the lower one, K2, being arranged for operating the belt G. Said rollers have their journals secured. in bearings in the main frame A, and power is transmitted from the one journal to the other by gearwheels, in the ordinary manner.

In order that the upper roller, K1, may be forced down with proper pressure upon the lower one, I arrange the compressers These are .usually strong wooden or metallic springs, secured to the frame A at the point k, and arranged to be drawn down by hasps or slidin g clasps, k2, which move longitudinally iu proper slots of the main framev1 and which, when forced back, draw down the compressers h (as seen in liig. 3) upon the journals of said roller K1.

Power is supplied from a main shaft, L, and transmitted to the various devices hereof by gear wheels, belt, and shafts, in the manner usual, and generally as indicated in the several gnres.

When the said machine is used for simply drenching clothes, in bluing or starching or in dyeing, and similar' operations, then the washing-rollers B are not specially needed in their operative action. In this case, proper lifters may be arranged to elevate the hinged levers f2 or the roller B' itself, so that said roller will not be in engagement with the propellingroller B, and so that the tappets d5 e5 shall not act upon the tappets f5.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim, is-

1. The shaft c, wheel cl, and parts dl, d2, d3, di, andd5, combined and arranged with the parts f5, f,'f, and f and the roller B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The arrangement ofthe belt G, conveyer H, compresser I, and wringer K, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,

in the presence oi` JOHN PIN'IER. Witnesses:

Gao. P. HERTHEL, Jr., WM. W. HERTHEL. 

